You guys are in for SUCH a treat today!  It may surprise you to find a recipe for King Crab on a blog all about cheap cooking, but it is possible to enjoy such a decadent ingredient on a tight budget.  I’ve mentioned several times that one of my favorite tips to save money on food is stretching your more expensive ingredients like meat and seafood.  If you buy just one or two King Crab legs, you can stretch them with other more affordable ingredients to make an incredible dish that’s perfect for a special occasion. Read more

Used cooking oil seems like a waste to throw away.  I don’t deep fry very often (like a few times a year!) , but when I do I just can’t toss out a pot full of oil that I just used once.  A year ago I decided to try filtering it, and now I do that often.  I filter my oil twice, so I get three uses out of it instead of one! Read more

I’m constantly asked for tips on how to save money on food.  I even had someone come up to me at church the other day asking if I could give them some pointers.  I get stoked when this happens because I know how much the things I’ve learned the hard way have helped me, and I love passing them on to others.  This is a little long, and I feel like I still left so much out, but here’s ten tips to saving money on groceries: Read more

See that funny guy up above?  He looks kind of like the start of a balloon animal to me.  He’s a butternut squash and I decided I wanted to try one last week because I don’t think I ever have before.  Don’t let the mild exterior fool you, inside he’s a bright orangey yellow and packed with fiber.  Plus he’s full of nutrients, especially vitamin A, we’re talking 300% your daily value in 1/2 cup of cubed squash.  What a nutrition powerhouse!  Here’s a quick photo tutorial on how to peel and seed the squash, with a recipe soon to follow. Read more

Roasting garlic is a classic technique that mellows and enhances the flavor of garlic so much that I want to simply eat clove after clove.  It’s so easy to make roasted garlic, but a lot of people don’t know how to do it, so I thought I’d make a quick tutorial for you. Read more